Trivia / Bon Iver

• Acting for Two: A bit of a weird example; Justin sings from three characters' perspectives in "For Emma" — a boy, a girl, and a narrator. This lyric breakdown may help you comprehend this.
• Creator Breakdown:
  • Arguably the whole existence of Bon Iver was conceived by this trope. Fueled primarily by the break-up of both his band and romantic relationship, Justin Vernon retreated to his father's cabin in the woods to record what would become the first album.
  • Justin went on to suffer another prior to the making of 22, A Million, as a result of struggling to grasp his newfound success and a ill-fated attempt at self-discovery.
• Throw It In!:
  • In "The Wolves," a siren can be heard in the distance.
  • There's a bit of seemingly incomprehensible studio chatter at the end of "Calgary." The isolated multitracks for the song (released as part of the remix competition) reveal that it's "...two people to pay, and that's not really great, in fact I really don't want to pay two people right now."